Sometimes we expect God to always do something BIG, some great ministry opportunity, or some position of importance. A year and seven months ago, we moved to KC from FL. It all started out with a dream Moises had. In the dream, Grace was just a baby, and he was sitting down with his parents telling them that God was sending us back to KC for just a season, this was even before Grace was born and we were happily active in our House of Prayer back home. Well, when the time was right for us to come live in KC again, Moes heart started to really long to be here....I on the other hand was hesitant, I didnt want to take Grace away from her family and I also didnt want to hurt our families either. So we start to pray about it, and Moe secretly begins to pray for my heart and before we both know it we are planning our move and back in KC.
This is what we thought things would look like.....God would open a door to go full time at the house of prayer, Moe would take classes, as would I, we would be fully in ministry raising support, learning as much as we could to then come back home and plug into our OHOP family.....Well.....That isn't quite the story almost 2yrs later....This is how things have gone....We had another baby, I have stayed home everyday without an extra car raising my kids, Moises has embraced being in the market place and working to partner with God in being our provider, we have bought a house, we don't get much time in the prayer room, we don't get to take classes, we are together almost ALL the time, and the most I have been able to is join a wonderful moms group.....
But guess what??? We are starting to understand God's purpose in us being here. I personally have grown to love being a mom, to embracing my call, of not just nurturing and loving my babies but molding them and daily teaching them about Jesus. I have learned alot about being a homemaker and serving my family, I embraced the life of a servant wife, and serving my husband fully. We have learned how to be a family, and have built a strong foundation for our babies, and for future kids. My husband now knows, that his acceptance by God doesn't not come from how plugged in he is in the prayer room, or how many sets her can fulfill but God enjoys him for him, and it is ok to be a working man, providing for his family. I am OK if this is why we left all the people we love thousand of miles away, I have loved this journey, because it has made me a better person, wife and mother. AND, we know, it was only for a season.......and He only knows when the season is going to end.......
Gods purposes are always big even if we are expecting something grand, His grand to us may look so simple and so small...I am so grateful for the perfect leadership of my Shepard! Your lines have fallen to me in pleasant places.
